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Hello South Africa: Your Phrase Book For the World Cup

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Hello South Africa: Your Phrase Book For the World CupIt's just over 63 days until the World Cup kicks off in sunny South Africa and the world is starting to come alive with excitement about Africa's first world cup. People are starting to worry about their favourite players' prospects (don't worry die-hard England fans, I'm sure Beckham will be a spectacular mascot), getting to South Africa, staying in South ...
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Englisch vs Amerikanisch

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Apparently, in Germany, people are increasingly distinguishing between English (Englisch) and American English, usually called 'Amerikanisch'. Particularly, when taking about literature, a book is either translated 'aus dem Englischen' or 'aus dem Amerikanischen'. Who'd have thunk it.
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Interesting Links for 28 Jan 08 - 13 Feb 08

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Interesting links for 28 Jan 08 - 13 Feb 08: • Energy targets exceeded - Well, it's not really surprising considering the people of South Africa had no real choice in the matter. Use too much power and they take ALL of it away from your for a couple of hours. • The Bamboo Bike - What a great idea. ...
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Glucides

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The French use the term "glucides" to depict carbohydrates on the side of products. Think of the word as an English word for a moment, in a singular form and take note of the ending - "cide". Can you think of any English word that ends in "cide", other than "decide", that does NOT have any negative connotations? Could the French be onto something here?
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GMail for the UK

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GMail for the UKI've got several Gmail accounts that I actively use for general email, backup and formal uses. Now due to some legal wranglings in the UK, Gmail has had to stop using the name Gmail in the UK and has changed to be called GoogleMail for all new UK users. It still remains Gmail for the rest of the world (except ...
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